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Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Marijuana Status
Greetings, A few of you have asked for a handout or summary of my talk with Dr. Frohwein at the WCI convention on Medical Marijuana, so I thought I would pass on a few takeaways. (If you’d like the doctor and I to come present this CEU at your office, please let...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Distance to Doctors
Greetings, Many claimant attorneys continue to fight us over the distance claimant’s have to travel for appointments. See below for my past tip on the state of the law on distance. My partner in Tampa, Ya’Sheaka Campbell just won a JCC case on this issue. The...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (8/6/18)
Samuel Phillips v. Tyson Foods JCC Winn: Pensacola District Order Date: July 7, 2018 OJCC Case: 17-023047 Date of Accident: May 2, 1976 Claimant’s Counsel: Douglas H. Glicken E/C’s Counsel: ...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (7/31/18)
Lawrence P. Levin v. Spencer Gifts Holdings JCC Sojourner: Lakeland District Opinion Date: July 5, 2018 OJCC Case: 11-029044 Date of Accident: January 1, 2011 Claimant’s Trial...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – PTD Terms
Greetings, As our workforce ages in Florida, we will continue to see an increase in PTD claims. (Here’s a link to two great studies on the workforce aging and population in Florida)....
Briefly Speaking – FL Attorney’s Fees Updates (7/5/18)
Carol Prokap v. PRP Wine International JCC Weiss: Ft. Myers District Order Date: June 1, 2018 OJCC Case: 13-029487 JCC Order: Click Here Claimant’s Counsel: Brian Sutter E/C’s...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (7/3/18)
Robert Williams v. Wells Fargo JCC Dietz: Melbourne District Opinion Date: June 5, 2018 OJCC Case: 17-005854 Date of Accident: November 23, 2016 Claimant’s Trial Counsel:...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Accident vs. Injury
Greetings, I probably get 2-3 questions a day from clients to help them make a determination on whether an accident or injury c an be denied or if it is compensable. (Keep those questions coming!) In laymen’s terms, an accident is the event, the injury is the...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Math/OP and UP
Greetings, this tip is on everyone’s favorite topic, math. For the first few weeks of a claim, it can be difficult to obtain the correct information regarding the AWW and post-accident earnings to pay benefits correctly. This can create hodge-podge of underpaid...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (6/1/18)
Harbor Freight Tools, Inc. v. Patricia Whitehead JCC Humphries: Jacksonville District Opinion Date: May 18, 2018 OJCC Case: 16-019425 Date of Accident: May 3, 2015 E/C’s Counsel: Daniel Schwarz & Gina...